Daily Archives: 25th May 2020

A Queen Unleashed – Consolidating Power for A Child King

A Queen Unleashed Consolidating Power for A Child King  Dr Lucy Dean Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands.   The murder of James I in February 1437 sent shock waves around Scotland. Unpopular though he might have become to many, he was also at the peak of power. He built a palace…

The Fall of the Albany Stewarts (Part 1) – Opening Gambits

The Fall of the Albany Stewarts Part 1 Opening Gambits. Professor Richard Oram.   As Lucy highlighted in her blog, Murdac Stewart’s surrender of his seal of office as Governor of Scotland into his cousin James’s hands at Melrose Abbey was a ceremonial marking of the transfer of power in the kingdom from the Duke…